When I am reborn, I just want to be a top student

Chapter 300 The dust has settled, CCTV interview
12 month 6 number.

The Tangdu Jiaotong University incident was escalating, and many people thought that this announcement would be deleted soon.

But no!
Instead, many media outlets reported on this incident, and the wording they chose was also very interesting. It seemed that they were reporting the incident neutrally and objectively, but in fact they were subtly biased towards Tangdu Jiaotong University.

These media also have one thing in common, that is, they come from Qin Province.

At this point, some smart people naturally understood what was going on.

Everyone envied Wang Donglai.

The reason for envy is very simple, that is, envy of the importance Tangdu Jiaotong University attaches to Wang Donglai.

This matter is very obvious, it must be Tangdu Jiaotong University that took action.

Otherwise, there are many ways to solve academic plagiarism, and it would never come to this.

Issue an announcement and let the whole network know.

Official support!

It can be said that the cards are fully drawn.

In addition to issuing this announcement, Tangdu Jiaotong University also released solid evidence that Christopher plagiarized.

This evidence was produced by Lu Tu and others in the laboratory.

Thanks to the development of modern technology.

As soon as this matter fermented and became bigger, it spread to the other side of the ocean.

Editorial Department of Advanced Materials.

As a world-class journal, Advanced Materials is naturally the dream of countless scholars.

For many professors and scholars, being able to publish an article in this journal is a dream come true, but it is also extremely rare.

At this moment, a heated discussion is taking place in the editorial office.

The topic of discussion was about Christopher plagiarizing Wang Donglai's paper.

With the release of solid evidence by Tangdu Jiaotong University, the academic community has almost reached a conclusion.

That is, Christopher did plagiarize Wang Donglai.

The premise is that Christopher cannot provide other strong evidence to prove his innocence.

The editors of the Advanced Materials editorial department have a higher academic level and can naturally judge the authenticity of the evidence provided by Tangdu Jiaotong University.

Precisely because it is true, it has caused such a heated discussion.

"I strongly disagree with the withdrawal of the paper. We are a world-class journal with a global reputation. As a result, a school from China can directly notify us to withdraw the paper. If we listen to them, who will regard our journal as a first-class journal in the future?"

"Therefore, I strongly disagree with withdrawing the paper. We must not appear to be too obedient to the words of the so-called Tangdu Jiaotong University."

A white scholar, with an angry look on his face, spoke loudly and stated his reasons.

As soon as he finished speaking, another editor sneered and said, "Editor William knew that we are a world-class journal. But now there is a serious academic plagiarism incident, but Editor William insists on not withdrawing the paper, and even calls it for the sake of the journal's reputation. It's a joke."

"If we follow what editor William said, we should actually support Christopher, the academic thief. How can academic matters be called theft? As long as we stand firm, can Tangdu Jiaotong University still sue us?"

"By doing this, scholars and professors around the world will be able to see our power and turn black into white, and academic plagiarism into academic similarity. At that time, I believe the number of submissions will definitely surge."

“It is only a matter of time before the impact factor skyrocket and it becomes the first in the sub-sector!”

Hearing this, William, who had previously expressed his thoughts, suddenly became angry and his face turned red. He glared and said in a bad tone: "Dang, I know you are Chinese, and you must be on the side of your compatriots, but don't forget that you are the editor of Advanced Materials first. You should consider the situation of the journal first, not help your compatriots."

"William, I have no interest in arguing with you about these things. I am just expressing my own thoughts. Advanced Materials is neither yours nor mine. It is an academic journal that belongs to all mankind. Its purpose is to promote technological development around the world. I am only trying to maintain its fairness."

Dang Zirui did not argue with William, but looked at the many editors present and calmly expressed his thoughts.

"you……"

William's face changed, and there was obvious anger in his eyes, but he was interrupted before he could finish his words.

"Okay, let's follow the old rules. Let's vote by raising our hands. Those who agree with William, please raise your hands!"

The oldest white man slapped the table lightly and gave the final solution.

The solution is simple: vote by raising hands and see whose opinion more people agree with.

Simple and unpretentious, but very useful.

Soon, people in the conference room raised their hands one after another.

Until finally, when no one raised their hands, the white old man said, "There are seven people who agree with William. Now, please raise your hands if you agree with the party!"

When William heard this number, a smile suddenly appeared on his face.

Advanced Materials has quite a few editors, more than twenty in total.

Although there were only six editors supporting him, he knew that many editors only cared about academics and were unwilling to participate in matters outside of academia, and often chose to abstain.

Therefore, even if there are only six people, he is confident of success.

really.

William watched the number of hands raised in the conference room.

One!

two!
three!
In the end, only six people raised their hands.

Seeing this, William felt relieved.

However, at this moment, the white old man who presided over the meeting raised his hand, and suddenly the number of people who agreed with Dang Zirui reached seven.

The editors who originally wanted to abstain also raised their hands.

In a moment, the situation reversed!

Noticing this scene, William's face looked extremely ugly.

He wanted to say something, but swallowed it back. He was not stupid and things were already done. He would not offend anyone again.

"Okay, the vote is over. We will follow the principle of majority rule and withdraw the paper immediately. We will also issue a statement. We are willing to cooperate with Tangdu Jiaotong University to thoroughly investigate this academic plagiarism. We call on everyone in the academic community to set an example and reject academic misconduct!"

The white old man made the final decision.

The reason why this old man behaved in this way and had such momentum was because of his identity.

He is currently the editor-in-chief of Advanced Materials and is a fellow of the Wilson Institute.

When it comes to action, Advanced Materials moves quickly.

If a paper is retracted, no one may notice it unless they pay special attention to it.

However, as a world-class journal, issuing an announcement still makes a big splash.

Especially when the content of the announcement was released, it caused waves of exclamations.

Many people did not expect that the prestigious journal "Advanced Materials" would actually choose to follow the advice of Tangdu Jiaotong University and withdraw Christopher's paper.

In addition, "Advanced Materials" expressed goodwill towards Tangdu Jiaotong University and was willing to cooperate with Tangdu Jiaotong University to investigate academic plagiarism.

Not to mention the shock that the news brought back to the country.

Massachusetts, Christopher's face looked extremely ugly at this moment.

Things developed so quickly and so suddenly that it was completely beyond his expectations.

At first, when he heard that Tangdu Jiaotong University from China issued such an announcement, he regarded it as a joke.

He didn't think that Tangdu Jiaotong University really had the courage to do this, and as a professor at MIT, no one would really be sure that he had plagiarized.

When Tangdu Jiaotong University produced that detailed information to prove that he had plagiarized, Christopher felt a little uneasy.

However, the elite who was originally chatting happily suddenly changed his expression.

The big shot who was once very kind to me could no longer be reached on the phone.

Christopher knew that he was abandoned!
In the laboratory.

Christopher looked at the densely packed experimental equipment and felt extremely unwilling.

He doesn't think he did anything wrong.

He just felt that he was too careless and did not perform well this time, which led to the mistake.

Just as Christopher was in the lab thinking about what to do next, the phone rang.

As soon as the call was connected, a cold voice came from the phone.

"Professor Christopher, I regret to inform you that your paper is suspected of plagiarism. This journal has withdrawn the paper and will launch an investigation to verify whether there is plagiarism. If Professor Christopher has evidence to prove his innocence, please provide it to us!"

The call was from Advanced Materials.

Hearing the news, Christopher just hung up the phone numbly.

But good fortune never comes alone, and misfortune never comes alone.

Maybe Christopher didn't know this ancient Chinese saying, but at this moment he had a similar feeling.

The call was from the leader of the Materials Research Institute.

As soon as the call was connected, without any greetings, Christopher was directly informed of something.

"I regret to inform you, Professor Christopher, that in view of your academic plagiarism, after discussion at the institute, we have decided to temporarily freeze your laboratory privileges. Please go to the logistics department immediately to hand in the laboratory keys and make preparations for the handover."

"This resolution will last until this incident is over. Professor Christopher, please cooperate!"

Christopher was not given a chance to speak. After the notification, he hung up the phone.

At this point, Christopher couldn't hold it in any longer.

"Snapped!"

He fiercely picked up the phone and threw it to the ground.

The phone broke into pieces and hit the ground with a loud noise.

The anger in his heart seemed to be vented with this blow, and Christopher took a deep breath.

At this point, he naturally knew that he was completely screwed this time.

All the academic honors he had gained over the years, as well as his status in the academic circle, were wiped out by this incident.

If the case is more serious, even one's status as a MIT professor will be revoked.

In fact, he was mentally prepared for all this.

The greater the reward, the greater the risk.

He is very clear about this principle.

However, he couldn't understand why Advanced Materials and the Institute of Materials made the decision so quickly.

This is completely different from the past. In the past, either a big thing would be reduced to a small thing, or a small thing would be eliminated, or it would be dragged on and on until there was no movement.

But this time, it came very quickly.

As a veteran in the academic world, Christopher naturally knew that there must be things he didn't know.

And now, his mind was full of this doubt, and he was eager to know the reason.

……

The reason Christopher wanted to know was actually not complicated.

The decision to withdraw the article by Advanced Materials was made both because of a show of hands vote by the editorial department and because relevant Chinese departments took action.

Academic freedom is an excuse often used by the West, and this time it was also used by China.

In addition, there was also the follow-up attack from the journal Science.

After all, Wang Donglai's two papers were published in Science. If Christopher's paper in Advanced Materials is the most advanced, then the academic leadership of Science would be challenged.

It would have been fine if there were no problems with Christopher's paper, but it was revealed that Christopher plagiarized Wang Donglai, so Science naturally would not miss this opportunity.

There is also competition among academic journals, and the level of competition is quite fierce.

Of course, these are only part of the reasons.

There is another important reason.

Qiu Chengtong, Deligne, Schultz, Tao Zhexuan, Zhang Yitang and others have voiced their support for Wang Donglai.

Although those who spoke out are all mathematicians, they are not the experts in materials science or physics.

However, when a group of academic giants with great reputations in the academic world expressed their support for Wang Donglai, it still caused quite a stir in the academic world.

After all, mathematics is the foundation of modern science.

Many subjects are extremely dependent on mathematics, and even when doing research, mathematicians are necessary to help.

Therefore, when such a group of people expressed their support for Wang Donglai, neither Advanced Materials nor the Massachusetts Institute of Materials Research could ignore it.

In addition, the solid evidence released by Tangdu Jiaotong University was very obvious, and Christopher could not produce any evidence to prove his innocence.

So, combining all these reasons, Christopher got the punishment he deserved.

……

When the final news reached back home.

Many people thought it was fake news.

Hardly anyone believed that the news was true.

Following the advice of Tangdu Jiaotong University, Advanced Materials withdrew Christopher's paper and issued a separate announcement, acknowledging the shortcomings of the review work and calling on scholars to resist academic misconduct.

The Massachusetts Institute of Materials Research also issued a simple announcement, the content of which was very simple, taking away Christopher's laboratory permissions.

People in the academic community are well aware of what this means.

Although netizens didn’t quite understand, they were still excited to see that a research institute of such a top university had made such a concession.

"I want to apologize to Professor Wang. I spoke too loudly the other day. From now on, I am Professor Wang's number one fan!"

"I've said it before, Professor Wang is definitely not a simple person. Tangdu Jiaotong University must have a certain degree of confidence to do this."

“I feel so proud. I feel like I have been holding this breath for decades. Today I finally let it out. Suddenly I feel like the world is so spacious!”

"Isn't your focus a bit off? Since it has been proven that Christopher plagiarized Professor Wang's paper, doesn't that mean that the lithium-sulfur battery was really successfully developed by Professor Wang? This is the real key point!"

"What the above person said is right. The company I work for is in the battery field. Now the whole industry is boiling. If lithium-sulfur batteries appear in China and can be mass-produced, it will be no less than a small technological revolution. By then, our mobile phones and computers will undergo tremendous changes in many aspects."

"On the surface, it's academic plagiarism, but in reality it's a fight for the right to speak on new technologies. Now, it's clear who will win and who will lose. Our motherland is great!"

While netizens were venting their emotions online, Wang Donglai was also being interviewed by CCTV.

(End of this chapter)